JAKARTA - Various Thai specialties are prepared to entertain athletes, coaches, and team officials ahead of the opening ceremony of the ASEAN Para Games (APG) 2025 Thailand, which will be held on Tuesday.
Various traditional foods and drinks are offered, ranging from mango sticky rice, khanom chan (cheesy layered cake), khanom krok (baked coconut cake), to thai tea and other fresh drinks.
"Thai tea and watermelon juice are most often purchased, especially by foreign visitors," said Ratchanee Thong, quoted from ANTARA.
He explained that the price of drinks was priced from 30 baht to 50 baht per bottle. Payment can be made in cash or non-cash to facilitate transactions.
One of the Indonesian buyers, Mushlih, admitted to buying sweet dodol of various flavors and mango sticky rice at a price of 2 baht per fruit and 60 baht per serving.
"I buy a lot of different flavors of dodol and mango sticky rice. Everything is halal, so it's safe for me as a Muslim," said Mushlih, who is an official of one of Indonesia's sports branches.
In addition to food and beverages, a number of typical Thai medicines are also sold in the micro, small, and medium business (UMKM) area.
"I sell headache medicine, muscle balm, to traditional herbal medicine," said Swantika Phong.
Based on the schedule of the organizing committee, the opening ceremony of the ASEAN Para Games 2025 will begin at 19.00 WIB.
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